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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Despereaux describe the sound he hears?
(a) Honey-sweet.
(b) Sugar-sweet.
(c) Honey-smooth.
(d) Honey-treat.
2. What happens when he realizes this truth?
(a) He falls from the tree.
(b) He is caught by the king.
(c) He is hit with a broom.
(d) He falls from the chandelier he is hanging on.
3. What is Despereaux's last name?
(a) Milling.
(b) Billing.
(c) Filling.
(d) Tilling.
4. What does Botticelli do when the door opens to admit a prisoner?
(a) He runs to get Gregory.
(b) He runs to get Roscuro.
(c) He looks away from the light at the door.
(d) He runs into the darkness.
5. What does Despereaux's mother do when Despereaux is led away?
(a) She faints.
(b) She calls his name repeatedly.
(c) She refuses to look.
(d) She wails.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Botticelli try to teach Roscuro?
2. What makes the Princess cry?
3. What is the rope necklace Botticelli wears the locket on made from?
4. On what day does Roscuro leave the dungeon to go into the light of the castle?
5. What does Antoinette call out as Despereaux is led away?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the King do after his beloved Queen dies?
2. What other crime did the prisoner admit to committing for which he was never caught or punished?
3. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?
4. What is the purpose of the Mouse Council?
5. What does Roscuro discover when he works up the courage to go upstairs into the light?
6. What is ironic about the name that Roscuro is given when he is born?
7. How did the mice get to the dungeon?
8. When Despereaux faints, what does he wake up to see?
9. Why does Despereaux refuse to renounce his actions in front of the Mouse Council?
10. What does Despereaux do in the all encompassing darkness to make himself feel brave?
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